Law & Literacy

Nancy Pelosi released a statement marking the start of an investigation to impeach Donald Trump.  This most likely does not come as a shock to most people in this country.  When it comes to leftists and rightists, this is a marking of history.  Generally, antiwar individuals are very progressive and liberal.  Of course there are some rightists who are antiwar as well.  Antiwar supporters are in disagreement with Trump on his decision to deploy more U.S. troops to help Saudi Arabia.  These people generally have the viewpoint of not getting involved in any foreign squabbles, even stating that it is morally the wrong thing to do. As far as Trump impeachment goes, I can comfortably say they would be all for it.  At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have conservative republicans.  They are also in favor of impeachment, but focus on different reasons.  For example, they vocalize about how Trump offered a quid pro quo to the Ukrainian president...

Has Google gotten too big? This is the question of many attorneys around the country.  48 states in fact.  The question behind the investigation is whether Google has achieved a monopoly in their industry, the internet itself.  Smaller advertisers have stated that the market has come down to whatever Google says, goes.  There is a serious grey area of whether this could even be considered a monopoly, however.  This kind of investigation will take time, as Google's parent company has a market value upwards of $820 million.  They control so many aspects of the internet that if you surf it you are bound to run into one of their services. I personally believe this investigation has ground to be true, but also to be false.  Google did receive a hefty fine for unfairly inserting exclusivity clauses into contracts, but their intentions do not seem negative to society in the end.  CBS News' Irina Ivanova brought to light how utilities that were a mere f...

Judiciary systems are the end-all to any properly formed government.  The judiciary system is what essentially controls all rules.  The U.S. Supreme Court in particular is the most powerful and influential judicial body on earth.  These nine justices are tasked with interpreting the age-old Constitution.  Keep in mind, the Constitution is 200 years old an counting.  So being the group of people interpreting this document are always in deep thought, as the Constitution must be easily misunderstood.  With this job comes a lot of responsibility.  There are thousands of petitions submitted every year, and weeding out the irrelevant to the important is also a demanding task.  All justices of the U.S. undergo a confirmation ceremony to become a justice.  Becoming a Supreme Court justice in one's lifetime is similar in odds to being struck by lightning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWRoXYRsaeo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Recently, Doritos and MasterCard have removed their watermark from their advertisements.  Now, this may seem counterintuitive to communication, but a lot of big companies such as Apple, Starbucks, Nike, and Adidas do not have watermarks.  Doritos began a campaign where they removed their watermark and replaced it with "Logo goes here".  Their reasoning behind this is that Generation Z does not appreciate 'overt' advertising.  MasterCard claims it was for "modern simplicity".  There are many different reasons behind this brand move, but every case is different, much like how every brand is different. The idea of removing words from a logo that blatantly tells a consumer exactly what it is almost adds a dash of pride.  Just enough to tell people, "Yeah, you already know who we are."  If it works and people can still decipher the brand, than the act solidifies their success and popularity.  However, this does not always work.  Gap took a s...